Senior Literary Research Paper - Ms. Frishman

Your Task:  You will write a 5-page literary analysis of one of the following primary works.

Othello - William Shakespeare
The Color Purple - Alice Walker
"The Yellow Wallpaper" - Charlotte Perkins Gillman
"A Story of an Hour" - Kate Chopin
"Patterns" - Amy Lowell
"A Rose for Emily" - William Faulkner
Emily Dickinson poems

 Your paper must follow the guidelines of Modern Language Association (MLA)
Your paper must have a Work Cited Page

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Your paper must have in-text (quotes) from one secondary source provided to you in class

Your paper must be succint (fluent) based on one strong thesis statement (arguable statement),
organized (one topic per paragraph), well-developed (two quotes per paragraph), and meaningful (critical thinking evident).  In addition, be sure your language use is sophisticated and varied for audience impact and interest.

• Thesis statement is the last sentence within the introductory paragraph.  It is an arguable statement; possibly based upon the theme of the story.  Every paragraph should prove the thesis statement is true.
• Your paper should follow an organizational pattern, such as Topical Pattern, or Chronological Pattern, etc.
• Your Body Paragraphs must have a clear topic sentence that is supported by several quotes from both the primary source (the story) AND the secondary source (the literary criticism).
• Your language must be varied (simple sentences followed by complex sentences, etc). In addition, you must vary your vocabulary.
• Your conclusion must reinforce your thesis statement; state one last, final, important point; and connect your thesis to big ideas such as life, humanity, other texts, or yourself.

Gale Literature Resource Center  - Using this link you can search analysis on any of the works by using the title or author search.  You can also search different themes or topics that support your thesis statement by using the key word search option.  Different searches will bring back different results - if you are having trouble locating an analysis to use when searching by title - try an author search - it will give you different results.  Also always refer to the box on the left side that can reduce your search items by themes etc (they will be listed)  You might find just what you were looking for by using this feature.